Let’s get this part over and done with straight away then, shall we? I was warned about episode 8 of Nisemonogatari. Something about a toothbrush. A toothbrush? I thought. What can you do with a toothbrush that would be so objectionable? Does Araragi stick it up his sister’s butt or something? The show itself thankfully rules out that particular horror … Read more
Around the time the AniTAY community began working on our seasonal Anime roundup for Winter 2019, it dawned on me I didn’t watch a ton of new shows last season. Fearing I wouldn’t have enough content, there were no plans to do another Anisong round up at the time. With the season behind us, my … Read more
Welcome to another exciting installment of Spacemon, the tale of a Pokemon TRPG campaign! This is a spinoff of the sci-fi space epic played using the Pokemon Tabletop United (PTU) system, this time GMed by yours truly. You can get caught up on the entire Spacemon saga here! “Now this is a nice planet,” Gaster … Read more
(Originally posted on 5/23/2019) Nior shares some memories of how it was to grow a Brazilian gamer in the ’90s.
Just for fun, I had a look at the BBFC’s website to see why this and the next volume were rated “18”. Episodes 1-4: Contains some sexualised nudity. Ok. Nothing new. Deep breath, I can handle that. Episodes 5-7: Contains sexualised nudity and moderate sex references. Ok. Ok, more of the same. Got it. Episodes 8-11: … Read more
I’ll say it now – this season is not as good as the previous, Winter 2019. You can see both of my write-ups for that season here and here. There is some good stuff this spring, but it’s mostly sequels or ongoing series from previous seasons. This time there are only 2 new full-length series on my list. … Read more
Welcome to another exciting installment of Spacemon, the tale of a Pokemon TRPG campaign! This is a spinoff of the sci-fi space epic played using the Pokemon Tabletop United (PTU) system, this time GMed by yours truly. You can get caught up on the entire Spacemon saga here! “Have fun on your little expedition?” Captain … Read more
Now that the Spring 2019 season has established itself, general trends suggest that anime fans have already forgotten all of the previous season’s shows, right? Well I’m here to extricate you from Sarazanmai’s moist orifice to turn your gaze pastwards to what may have been the best season for anime in the past couple of years. As … Read more
After narrowly surviving my first foray into the bizarre media maelstrom that is the Monogatari series (here), I have returned to relate my experiences from my brave plunge into the second half of the first segment. The Bakemonogatari Part 2 Blu-ray set contains 2 discs spanning episodes 9-15. There’s only 2 stories in this set – the 2 episode Nadeko … Read more
Welcome to another exciting installment of Spacemon, the tale of a Pokemon TRPG campaign! This is a spinoff of the sci-fi space epic played using the Pokemon Tabletop United (PTU) system, this time GMed by yours truly. You can get caught up on the entire Spacemon saga here! “Welcome, welcome, my friends, to Bazam’s Bazaar!” … Read more